Troubled utility lobbies for deadline on part of the debt to be extended to March 2028Thames Water has asked its creditors for more time to pay back billions of pounds in debt, as the water company scrambles to keep itself...
Read MoreAngela Eagle tells industry ‘people are sick of excuses’ as pollution levels remain high despite billions in investmentAngela Eagle, the environment secretary, has summoned water industry bosses to Whitehall after a report found...
Read MoreThese yachts are highly popular with the ‘super-bourgeoisie’ – and getting bigger. Can anything be done to stop them destroying our seas?Who knew? Apparently everyone did, apart from me: you don’t wear shoes on a superyacht....
Read MoreLetter from 150 scientists, MPs and activists calls for action to protect lower-income and minority-ethnic communitiesThe government must hold an inquiry into the unequal impacts of air pollution, 150 scientists, MPs and...
Read MoreThe Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against itShortly after the Norwegian stock market closed on 17...
Read MoreDistrict judge orders record fine for region and says incidents of pollution cannot be toleratedA water company has been ordered to pay a record fine of almost £8m for hundreds of sewage spills at popular bathing spots and...
Read MoreClimate Change Committee says government cannot expand airport without requiring aviation industry to clean up its emissions Heathrow airport should be allowed to expand only if airlines pay for the removal of carbon dioxide...
Read MoreI will calmly read all the threatening letters and await the court case against me. But I will take a stand even if our government won’tI can’t even remember when I decided to stop paying the sewage element of my Thames Water...
Read MoreExclusive: Planning documents show datacentre in north Ockendon will be incompatible with UK net zero targetsA “hyperscale” datacentre in outer London would generate more than 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to...
Read MoreAndy Burnham promises drive to tackle toxic waste, raise fines and use AI-powered drones to detect illegal activityIllegal dumps in West Yorkshire, Surrey and Kent will be cleared up using taxpayer money, Andy Burnham has...
Read MoreThe climate crisis is hitting Europe hard in 2026, warming twice as fast as any other continent. What is to blame?The whole world is getting hotter as carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning traps ever more heat, but Europe is...
Read MoreBritain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of Adana to cope with the debris, microplastics and toxic smokeUK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s...
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